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[moonordie]

To whom it may concern SPot has a 30% off discount code SPOOKY 30.
Just used it to save $30 on some TK 600s.
So if you’re looking for a deal on a shoe that just came out. Hit that up!

Same here for EU pals. SkateDeluxe has 15% till 31st + free shipping.

[OhioGuy]

The Reynolds 480 has become my default shoe. They just get more comfortable by the day. It’s wild. I don’t even want to wear my other pairs now. Before all this gear madness I’d wear the same pair of shoes for almost a year, not cause I couldn’t afford new ones, but because there’s nothing like a broken in pair of kicks.

[fakiefs180]

Have any of you tried the Knox 600? I really like both colorways. From all the models I tried, the 306 fit the best, but I can't wear Vulc shoes anymore. Most NB's feel a bit too narrow for me in the middle and at the heel. The 600 looks quiet narrow in the middle of the shoe but look good at the toes and at the heel. Haven't tried the 1010 yet and the 480 felt way too large the size US 7,5 I tried.

[Daydream]

Have any of you tried the Knox 600? I really like both colorways. From all the models I tried, the 306 fit the best, but I can't wear Vulc shoes anymore. Most NB's feel a bit too narrow for me in the middle and at the heel. The 600 looks quiet narrow in the middle of the shoe but look good at the toes and at the heel. Haven't tried the 1010 yet and the 480 felt way too large the size US 7,5 I tried.

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Had my first session in the 600s last night.  The fit is indeed more comfortable than the 440 for my foot.  The sole is stiffer and slightly thicker throughout than the 440.  They really seem right in between the 440 and 1010 to me.

[fakiefs180]

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Have any of you tried the Knox 600? I really like both colorways. From all the models I tried, the 306 fit the best, but I can't wear Vulc shoes anymore. Most NB's feel a bit too narrow for me in the middle and at the heel. The 600 looks quiet narrow in the middle of the shoe but look good at the toes and at the heel. Haven't tried the 1010 yet and the 480 felt way too large the size US 7,5 I tried.

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Had my first session in the 600s last night.  The fit is indeed more comfortable than the 440 for my foot.  The sole is stiffer and slightly thicker throughout than the 440.  They really seem right in between the 440 and 1010 to me.

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Ah, sorry. My bad, thinking they just came out I didn't go back a page or two. Thanks.

[Daydream]

No worries been a bunch of convo in this thread lately. Tough to follow at times.


Wasn’t sure if discussed but the “coffee and donuts” 480CND … (cease & desist dbl meaning?) ha.. is limited to 600 pairs total?

[OhioGuy]

No worries been a bunch of convo in this thread lately. Tough to follow at times.


Wasn’t sure if discussed but the “coffee and donuts” 480CND … (cease & desist dbl meaning?) ha.. is limited to 600 pairs total?

Not sure, but they did say they’re limited. I didn’t notice that the last three letters meant something until I saw NM480BOS on Reynolds shoe lol

Those Halloween 417s are something like NM417BOO 😅

[iw0]

corny n dorky 

[moonordie]

Has anyone ran into this really annoying "feature" with the white/navy/clear 440's? The sole seems to leave a white residue on griptape. I had a fresh grip on my deck and I was wearing a new pair of these shoes, and in like 5 minutes the grip was all messed up with this white shit. First I thought it was dust from the indoor park but then I noticed no one else had any of it on their decks, so I realized that the sole of the shoe is doing this. Never happened before with any other shoe. The sole on these is some weird semi-translucent white stuff. Thumbs down.

Bloody annoying. Seems like I'm gonna be wearing these as chillers only from now on. Someone with more energy for effort could probably make a complaint to NB#.

Could you post a photo? I also thought it was just dust from my board but I skated a new one today for the first with my 808 (the almost all blacks) and a griptape cleaner didn't took it out
I'll have to leave them for chill too

[rikki]

Could you post a photo? I also thought it was just dust from my board but I skated a new one today for the first with my 808 (the almost all blacks) and a griptape cleaner didn't took it out
I'll have to leave them for chill too

Sorry bro, I already cleaned up my grip, did it with a vacuum cleaner w/ a narrow nozzle -- works wonders in grip cleaning btw. My grip looked considerably worse than yours, though -- could be because it was brand new Pepper which is very grippy.

[moonordie]

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Could you post a photo? I also thought it was just dust from my board but I skated a new one today for the first with my 808 (the almost all blacks) and a griptape cleaner didn't took it out
I'll have to leave them for chill too

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Sorry bro, I already cleaned up my grip, did it with a vacuum cleaner w/ a narrow nozzle -- works wonders in grip cleaning btw. My grip looked considerably worse than yours, though -- could be because it was brand new Pepper which is very grippy.

This one is Jessup Ultra, tried to broom it and those griptape cleaners. No luck.

[flintstagram]

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Could you post a photo? I also thought it was just dust from my board but I skated a new one today for the first with my 808 (the almost all blacks) and a griptape cleaner didn't took it out
I'll have to leave them for chill too

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Sorry bro, I already cleaned up my grip, did it with a vacuum cleaner w/ a narrow nozzle -- works wonders in grip cleaning btw. My grip looked considerably worse than yours, though -- could be because it was brand new Pepper which is very grippy.

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This one is Jessup Ultra, tried to broom it and those griptape cleaners. No luck.

I’ve always had pretty bad luck with grip cleaners. I generally just hit my grip with compressed air if it needs a clean, and anything that doesn’t blow off lives there.

I figure part of using grip is accepting that parts of your shoe will likely get stuck in the grip over time. Using an air compressor does work quite well though for dust and such, so if you’ve got one, and you get a nozzle you can aim and blow air with, see what results you get.

[rothdigga]

No worries been a bunch of convo in this thread lately. Tough to follow at times.


Wasn’t sure if discussed but the “coffee and donuts” 480CND … (cease & desist dbl meaning?) ha.. is limited to 600 pairs total?

Very small run actually.  CND was for coffee and donuts but an unintentional double meaning.  Less pairs than what you said, I only gave them to my east coast reps to make disappear. 

[Carter]

New tiago

[Xen]

I'm eyeing the 600s (and maybe the 480s...kinda over the 'dunk look' now) - I see you SPoT 30% off...how do they fit from someone that wears a 9.5 in the 440s, 10 in 255s, and 10.5 in both tiagos?

As they are the 'square toes' I'm tempted to bump to 10.5 (westgates and tiagos) but the 440s also square I had to drop down.

Damnit NB# and you're all over the place with sizing

[venture5.8]

anybody still looking for the reynolds 480s I found some here

https://surfshacksouth.com/products/new-balance-nm480-bos-andrew-reynolds-chocolate-brown?variant=40610740109379

[LebowskisRug]

I'm eyeing the 600s (and maybe the 480s...kinda over the 'dunk look' now) - I see you SPoT 30% off...how do they fit from someone that wears a 9.5 in the 440s, 10 in 255s, and 10.5 in both tiagos?

As they are the 'square toes' I'm tempted to bump to 10.5 (westgates and tiagos) but the 440s also square I had to drop down.

Damnit NB# and you're all over the place with sizing

I wear the same in every NB shoe aside from the 272 or am not picky. Tried on at my local, fit the same for me- size 10. Ordered through SPoT cuz I wanted the black and my local only had the white. Was on VPN on my work laptop and got one of those "sign up first time visitor" things and got extra off too I'll report more on fit when I get more time wearing them around.

[Xen]

SpoT is out of 10s in the blk.

Pretty much said fuckNB# today and bought some nike leo's, in a 10, instead... because I know they'll fit; I can't be bothered to buy two of each NB# and deal with returning them (since no one around me local carries enough variety to try on.

Hope they fit!

[moonordie]

I'm eyeing the 600s (and maybe the 480s...kinda over the 'dunk look' now) - I see you SPoT 30% off...how do they fit from someone that wears a 9.5 in the 440s, 10 in 255s, and 10.5 in both tiagos?

As they are the 'square toes' I'm tempted to bump to 10.5 (westgates and tiagos) but the 440s also square I had to drop down.

Damnit NB# and you're all over the place with sizing

I feel that before, like on 868 time, was way worse.

[DarkPools]

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I'm eyeing the 600s (and maybe the 480s...kinda over the 'dunk look' now) - I see you SPoT 30% off...how do they fit from someone that wears a 9.5 in the 440s, 10 in 255s, and 10.5 in both tiagos?

As they are the 'square toes' I'm tempted to bump to 10.5 (westgates and tiagos) but the 440s also square I had to drop down.

Damnit NB# and you're all over the place with sizing

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I feel that before, like on 868 time, was way worse.

I remember everyone pretty much agreed 0.5 up on 868

[moonordie]

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I'm eyeing the 600s (and maybe the 480s...kinda over the 'dunk look' now) - I see you SPoT 30% off...how do they fit from someone that wears a 9.5 in the 440s, 10 in 255s, and 10.5 in both tiagos?

As they are the 'square toes' I'm tempted to bump to 10.5 (westgates and tiagos) but the 440s also square I had to drop down.

Damnit NB# and you're all over the place with sizing

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I feel that before, like on 868 time, was way worse.

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I remember everyone pretty much agreed 0.5 up on 868

True dat. At that time I didn't knew tho 😅 imagine my surprise when I did the +.5 on my after purchase: 420... Those needed a whole -1. I felt I was walking on clown shoes

[Ok]

SpoT is out of 10s in the blk.

Pretty much said fuckNB# today and bought some nike leo's, in a 10, instead... because I know they'll fit; I can't be bothered to buy two of each NB# and deal with returning them (since no one around me local carries enough variety to try on.

Hope they fit!

yeah nikes just seem to fit. i’m not sure how they figured it out.

[rikki]

Got my 600s today. TTS, great fit at 10 for me. Haven't skated them yet apart from a few ollies in my hallway, but they feel pretty much awesome. Light, supportive and balanced.

[rothdigga]

Slam City did a nice write up on our NM600 Knox launch out there over the weekend along with a little video recap at the bottom of the page.  We brought our skate team and 30-40 shops from all over Europe to do some skating, see some product and celebrate all things Tom Knox,  launch his shoe and see a demo.  Was great to spread some love across the pond with Numeric skate event.
https://blog.slamcity.com/nb-tom-knox-launch-gallery/

[slapshakle]

Slam City did a nice write up on our NM600 Knox launch out there over the weekend along with a little video recap at the bottom of the page.  We brought our skate team and 30-40 shops from all over Europe to do some skating, see some product and celebrate all things Tom Knox,  launch his shoe and see a demo.  Was great to spread some love across the pond with Numeric skate event.
https://blog.slamcity.com/nb-tom-knox-launch-gallery/

So sick!

I have two questions, any chance we'll get to see Jacob's retrospective video and is the zine a friends and family only type deal?

[kneebone]

@rothdigga @mini greek seems like that Tom Knox 600 lends itself very easily to an all-synthetic upper…

[rothdigga]

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Slam City did a nice write up on our NM600 Knox launch out there over the weekend along with a little video recap at the bottom of the page.  We brought our skate team and 30-40 shops from all over Europe to do some skating, see some product and celebrate all things Tom Knox,  launch his shoe and see a demo.  Was great to spread some love across the pond with Numeric skate event.
https://blog.slamcity.com/nb-tom-knox-launch-gallery/

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So sick!

I have two questions, any chance we'll get to see Jacob's retrospective video and is the zine a friends and family only type deal?

I think that retrospective video will be up for the public to consume at some point...yes
I think the Zine was just for the launch party and show and won't be available unless you were there. 

[Atiba Applebum]

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Slam City did a nice write up on our NM600 Knox launch out there over the weekend along with a little video recap at the bottom of the page.  We brought our skate team and 30-40 shops from all over Europe to do some skating, see some product and celebrate all things Tom Knox,  launch his shoe and see a demo.  Was great to spread some love across the pond with Numeric skate event.
https://blog.slamcity.com/nb-tom-knox-launch-gallery/

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So sick!

I have two questions, any chance we'll get to see Jacob's retrospective video and is the zine a friends and family only type deal?

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I think that retrospective video will be up for the public to consume at some point...yes
I think the Zine was just for the launch party and show and won't be available unless you were there.

What is the deal with the 600 on the 288 sole??    That colorway looks nice

[MusclesMarinara]

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Slam City did a nice write up on our NM600 Knox launch out there over the weekend along with a little video recap at the bottom of the page.  We brought our skate team and 30-40 shops from all over Europe to do some skating, see some product and celebrate all things Tom Knox,  launch his shoe and see a demo.  Was great to spread some love across the pond with Numeric skate event.
https://blog.slamcity.com/nb-tom-knox-launch-gallery/

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So sick!

I have two questions, any chance we'll get to see Jacob's retrospective video and is the zine a friends and family only type deal?

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I think that retrospective video will be up for the public to consume at some point...yes
I think the Zine was just for the launch party and show and won't be available unless you were there.

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What is the deal with the 600 on the 288 sole??    That colorway looks nice

It's not the same sole, but definitely similar looking. The 288 bottom is totally different and it isn't stitched on the upper like the 600 either. 288 seems to have a more flat and vulc vibe.

600

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[Atiba Applebum]

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Slam City did a nice write up on our NM600 Knox launch out there over the weekend along with a little video recap at the bottom of the page.  We brought our skate team and 30-40 shops from all over Europe to do some skating, see some product and celebrate all things Tom Knox,  launch his shoe and see a demo.  Was great to spread some love across the pond with Numeric skate event.
https://blog.slamcity.com/nb-tom-knox-launch-gallery/

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So sick!

I have two questions, any chance we'll get to see Jacob's retrospective video and is the zine a friends and family only type deal?

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I think that retrospective video will be up for the public to consume at some point...yes
I think the Zine was just for the launch party and show and won't be available unless you were there.

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What is the deal with the 600 on the 288 sole??    That colorway looks nice

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It's not the same sole, but definitely similar looking. The 288 bottom is totally different and it isn't stitched on the upper like the 600 either. 288 seems to have a more flat and vulc vibe.

600

288

No look in the article - there’s a photo of what I’m talking about.   When they were originally testing it, they put the upper on a 288 sole